2015 Formula 1 Thread

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Decent race. Vettel wins, followed by ricciardo and raikkonen.

Rosberg finish 4th, Hamilton didn't finish due to mechanical.
Mercedes didn't have an answer for Ferrari or red bull.

Max Verstappen was asked to let Carlos Sainz through. Max basically said no, fuck you.

[Kart21]

Good for Max. Earn your place. No give me's.

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Good for Max. Earn your place. No give me's.

The issue was Max was behind Sergio Perez and couldn't find a way. Carlos asked if he could go through to see if he could pass Sergio.

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Some silly season news coming out now.

Lotus confirms that Pastor Maldonado will be retained for the 2016 season. You read that correctly.

The other rumor is Romain Grosjean will race for Haas F1 in 2016. Grosjean was asked during the press conference and said that his future is set, but didn't comment on where or what about.

[momo]

grosjean to haas is good with me. he has come a long way and is a good driver.

im sure lotus would love to show maldonado the door but the guy clearly funds the team enough his seat is guaranteed regardless of result.

guessing haas has interest in rossi, perhaps as a developmental/reserve driver. cant see how else he would now have enough money to have a seat when it was never enough to have a shot before.

id bet button is done with f1 after this season. hope he joins WEC.

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grosjean to haas is good with me. he has come a long way and is a good driver.

im sure lotus would love to show maldonado the door but the guy clearly funds the team enough his seat is guaranteed regardless of result.

guessing haas has interest in rossi, perhaps as a developmental/reserve driver. cant see how else he would now have enough money to have a seat when it was never enough to have a shot before.

id bet button is done with f1 after this season. hope he joins WEC.

I agree with Grosjean. 2012 was a bad year for him, but he's done pretty good with what's been available for him IMO.

Maldonado shouldn't be in F1, wow PDVSA can really help a career.

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Jenson Button is rumored to be retiring at season end and go race in WEC in 2016

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Product of work being a little slow>

2016 Driver Lineup

Mercedes - Hamilton / Rosberg

Ferrari - Vettel / Raikkonen

Williams - Bottas / Massa

Red Bull / Ricciardo / Kyvat

Sahara Force India - Perez / Hulkenberg

Lotus - Maldonado / Vergne?

Toro Rosso - Verstappen / Sainz, Jr

Sauber - Nasr / Ericsson

McLaren - Alonso / Magnussen? Vandoorne?

Haas - Grosjean / Guitierrez?

Marussia - Stevens? / Rossi?

[momo]

poor rosberg. title fight is pretty much done unless lewis has some shit luck the rest of the way.

also, wtf kimi. that was maldonado-esque.


if ferrari is able to close the gap more for next year, i think the world would welcome a lewis vs seb battle next year.

[bird_dog0347]

poor rosberg. title fight is pretty much done unless lewis has some shit luck the rest of the way.

also, wtf kimi. that was maldonado-esque.


if ferrari is able to close the gap more for next year, i think the world would welcome a lewis vs seb battle next year.

I would LOVE that battle all year long, I also hope Mclaren-Honda get shit worked out and can be competitive... Red Bull need to eat a little crow after how they've handled this shit.

[momo]

So this weekend... F1 @ COTA. Anyone gonna be there?

I will be there thursday for pit walk & fri-sun for all sessions. Hoping something cool happens, I'll even take some weather.

[Ruffdaddy]

I decided to sit this year out. V6Ts suck as does the dominance of merc. Elton john will sell more tickets than the race.

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So this weekend... F1 @ COTA. Anyone gonna be there?

I will be there thursday for pit walk & fri-sun for all sessions. Hoping something cool happens, I'll even take some weather.

You're likely going to get it. It's suppose to rain a lot from Thursday to Saturday with the chance it rains on Sunday.

[momo]

yup, seems so. i'll have my raincoat and luckily my seat is the top of my section so i can deploy the umbrella I bought in Budapest

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If wonder what teams are going to do for quals. It's going to rain likely all the way through the event until Sunday. Still with a chance on Sunday of 40 percent. Would teams gamble in setup for a dry race and not have downforce for rain?

If I remember you can't touch the cars after quals per part ferme unless you want to start from the pit lane.